NJMONMOU-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > NJMONMOU-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 34 > > Today's Topics: > #1 William Wallace Wynkoop aka Willia ["Christopher H. Wynkoop" <rassilon] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: William Wallace Wynkoop aka William Wallace Brewer redux > From: "Christopher H. Wynkoop" <rassilon@erols.com> > Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:41:25 -0500 > To: NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Folks, > > Hope the New Year has been a good one for all of you so far. > > I'm still on the track of William Wallace Wynkoop of Monmouth > County, born around 1849, who moved to Pennsylvania by 1870, living > first in Peru Mills, Juniata County and moving to Collier, Allegheny > County, Pennsylvania by 1880 with a new wife. > > Sometime after that he moved to Texas and changed his name, (date > unknown), to Brewer, although I've found evidence that one of his sons, > Charles Wynkoop, was still using the Wynkoop name after the move to > Texas, so I'm still not sure when the name change came about. > > Yesterday I stumbled on the following census record from the 1860 > Federal Census: > > 1860 > NEW JERSEY > MONMOUTH > FREEHOLD TWP > Series: M653 Roll: 701 Page: 197 > The township of Freehold, County of Monmouth, State of New Jersey, 1 day > of August, Post Office Freehold > > 626 631 (In County Jail) WILLIAM WINECOOP 30 M W Laborer Ireland Arson > > This seems like it might be my William Wallace Wynkoop, although the > age is off by 10 years, since he should have been born in 1849, per > other censuses. The county is right, but it hardly seems likely that he > was born in Ireland. The charge of arson seems like a pretty good > reason to leave New Jersey and set up shop somewhere else. > > What I'd like to know is whether or not jail records for Freehold > still exist for the period around 1860 or so and who I need to contact > to dig out whatever information there is about this William Winecoop, > including any other scrapes he might have gotten into. It occurs to me > that this case of arson might be in one of the local Monmouth county > newspapers as well. Can anyone give me an idea of what local papers > were published at that time, particularly around the 1st of August, > 1860, and which might be available on microfilm? > > William Wynkoop is giving his secrets up grudgingly. I'm hoping you > great folks can help me again. > > All my best, > > Chris Chris, Have you contacted the Monmouth County Archives for assistance? The records for the Oyer & Terminer Court and Court of General Quarter Sessions would be a good place to start for this William "Winecoop". Online record group descriptions: http://www.shore.co.monmouth.nj.us/archives/oandt.asp http://www.shore.co.monmouth.nj.us/archives/qrtses.asp Regards, -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko Professional Genealogist: http://www.chubenko.us/profgen/index.htm "Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up." - James A. Garfield ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ukraine WorldGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/index.html NJGenWeb: Monmouth County - http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmonmo2 OKGenWeb Adair Co.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okadair/adaircty.htm AdairCoArch: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/adair/adair.html Shell'sHomePg: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mchub/shell.htm